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Recent Examples of three-card monte
But these dynamics are uncertain in a play that treats identity like a game of three-card monte.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
Enter Email Sign Up Related: What Harry Sinden thinks of these record-setting Bruins, and other thoughts Entering weekend play, the Panthers, Islanders, and Penguins remained in a spirited game of three-card monte (no relation to the Bruins coach) to sort out the two wild-card spots in the East.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
With this certificate, the shell company – whose sole purpose is to hold and hide assets – becomes one of a series of Russian dolls, each fit snugly into the next, creating a type of three-card monte in which the taxing authorities can never find assets nor owners.
—Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2021
The game is three-card monte.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
Enter Email Sign Up Related: What Harry Sinden thinks of these record-setting Bruins, and other thoughts Entering weekend play, the Panthers, Islanders, and Penguins remained in a spirited game of three-card monte (no relation to the Bruins coach) to sort out the two wild-card spots in the East.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
With this certificate, the shell company – whose sole purpose is to hold and hide assets – becomes one of a series of Russian dolls, each fit snugly into the next, creating a type of three-card monte in which the taxing authorities can never find assets nor owners.
—Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2021
The game is three-card monte.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for three-card monte
Noun
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The walls of this racket are beginning to fracture.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Kapoor, 76, was convicted of running a $100 million international smuggling racket, including stealing 19 ancient idols and illegally transferring them to his art gallery in Manhattan.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
2 June 2025
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The business models of many of these firms resemble and blend together two different types of venerable scam business models - boiler rooms and pyramid schemes.—
Felipe Schrieberg,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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So, like all pyramid schemes, the only people who make money are the people who come in early.—
Dwyer Murphy
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
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Federal officials said Bitwise resembled a Ponzi scheme and collapsed before that could happen.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2025
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The guy from The O.C. is the one trying to take down this trillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Cabinet hardware jigs vary slightly in design, so follow the manufacturer’s instructions for proper use.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 May 2025
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Jack O’Connell had a secret weapon in his arsenal when he was cast as Remmick in Ryan Coogler’s latest film, Sinners: the ability to dance an Irish jig.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2025
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Bravo's reality stars from franchises like The Real Housewives and Below Deck all gather under one roof to spill tea, dodge shade and serve looks.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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These clever dodges can have a severe financial impact on property managers.—
LEW SICHELMAN,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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For people like Soriano, however, the elections are about more than political stratagem and determining which family holds the most nominal power.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
13 May 2025
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The scene is straight out of a stratagem by Pier Paolo Pasolini (Bertolucci’s mentor), but Palud takes it literally without applying comparable ideological critique to the rest of her film.—
Armond White,
National Review,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Captions are essential, especially on mobile devices or in quiet settings.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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And those devices, unsurprisingly, will largely run on AI.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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At the end of February, a pedestrian was hit in West London by an ebike rider in West London — not a rental or sharing scheme, to be clear — and died after a month in hospital.—
Nicole Kobie,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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This scheme netted Smith over $10 million in royalties before he was caught.—
Tyler Hicks,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Three-card monte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/three-card%20monte. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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